414 Capt. G. E. Shelley on a 



51. Treron waalia. 

 Columba waalia, Gm. 



Columba ahyssinica, Temm. & Kuip, Pig. i. pi. 9. 



Treron waalia, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 817; Finsch & 

 Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 533 ; Hartl. Abli. nat. Ver. Brem. vii. 

 1881, p. 117(Lado); Shelley, Ibis, 1883, p. 2G5 ; Salvad. 

 Aim. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1884, p. 206 (Shoa). 



Hab. N.E. Africa, Somali-land, Socotra, and Senegambia. 



" Only met with on the mountains where the fig-trees 

 grow.^^ 



52. NUMIDA VULTURINA. 



Numida vulturina, Hardw. P. Z. S. 1834, p. 52; Finsch & 

 Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 575. 



Acryllium vulturinum, Elliot, Monogr. Phasianidse, ii. 

 pi. 38; Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 119 (Barawa, Massa, and 

 Pagani). 



Hab. E. Africa, from Somali-land to Mozambique. It has 

 been recorded by Dr. Hartlaub from W. Africa on the 

 authority of Capt. Probyn, and has been introduced into 

 Madagascar. 



'' Very plentiful in large flocks in company with A^. ptilo- 

 rhyncha, but only met with in the Ogadayn.^' 



53. Francolinus grantt. 



FrancoVinus yranti, Hartl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 665, pi. 39. 

 fig. 1 ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 891 ; Finsch & Hartl. Vog. 

 Ostafr. p. 589; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 597; Fischer, 

 Zeitschr. ges. Orn. p. 382 (Masai) ; id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 119. 



Francolinus rovunia. Gray, List Gall. Brit. Mus. v. 1867, 

 p. 52. 



Francolinus shoanus, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 891 ; Salvad. 

 Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1884, p. 110 (Shoa). 



Francolinus ochrogaster, Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Brem. vii. 

 1881, p. 118; viii. 1882, pp. 218, 230 (Lado). 



Hab. E. Africa, from about 10° N. lat. to 7° S. lat., from 

 Shoa to the Rovuma river. 



" Common throughout the country." 



54. Dendrocygna viduata. 



Anas viduata, Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 205. 



